Legal and Governance Officer

Duties and Responsibilities

Assisting the Group Legal and Governance Executive team to provide legal and governance services to the company as follows:

• Board and Board Committee meetings administration.
• Ensuring compliance with Corporate Governance procedures and best practice.
• Providing Group Directors with guidance on their duties and responsibilities.
• Providing legal advice in investment banking, development, corporate & project finance, and public and private capital-raising.
• General contract negotiations, drafting, review and management.
• Reviewing and updating the Group on all legislative, regulatory, and corporate governance developments and keeping statutory returns up to date.
• Managing external lawyers and legal expenses including legal fees and other department costs.
• Performing strategic and business-planning activities to meet annual budget and planning cycles.
• Provides company secretarial and corporate governance services as per legislative requirements and corporate governance best practice.
• Organises and administers the smooth running of meetings, producing accurate minutes, resolutions, and related documents.
• Administers / oversees companies’ statutory records, registers, and lodges the necessary returns, to ensure compliance with companies Act and other related legislation.
• Sets up new Subsidiaries and Trusts, in line with the Group's governance requirements.
• Drafts opinions on compliance with Company Law or Governance requirements, for the Group companies and ensures the implementation thereof.

Qualification and Experience

• Bachelor Laws Honours Degree
• At least 3 years in a corporate set up, preferably in the financial services sector